Bradley, Ballard square off in Senate Dist. 3

Editor's note: This is one in a series of stories Foster's is publishing about major races in the Nov. 6 elections.

By Samantha Allen

sallen@fosters.com

WOLFEBORO — Democrat Jeffery Ballard is campaigning for the New Hampshire Senate District 3 seat against incumbent Jeb Bradley of the Republican party.

District 3 comprises the communities of Brookfield, Wakefield, Wolfeboro, Middleton and Milton.

Bradley served in the state House of Representatives for 12 years and in the U.S. Congress for four. He previously owned the Evergrain Natural Foods store in Wolfeboro, where he has lived for most of his life. He told Foster's he is an avid outdoorsman, having climbed 94 of the 100 highest peaks in New England. He is in strong support of the education funding amendment, as well as an income tax ban amendment. He also considers himself to be moderately conservative on social issues but is strongly conservative when it comes to fiscal issues.

Ballard, of Brookfield, is a member of the Emergency Nurses Association and serves as a registered nurse in the Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Emergency Department. He is also a combat veteran from the war in Afghanistan.

He told Foster's a major platform in his campaign is to restore cuts to mental health services and the Children In Need of Service (CHINS) program. He also hopes to concentrate on returning veterans' issues, those of servicemen from Iraq and Afghanistan. He said he understands the struggle of those soldiers, and hopes to do what he can to help them.

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